Device for packing eggs.



R. C. HOLMES.

DEVICE FOR PACKING EGGS.

APPLICATION nun NOV. 2, 1909.

969,954, Patented Sept 13, 1910.

Witwzooea I I I Q 6 m attouwqo STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUSH C. HOLMES, OF NORTH BEND, OREGON.

DnvicE non. PACKING EGGS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 13,1910.

Application filed November 2, 1909. Serial No. 525,975

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUsH C. HOLMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Bend, in the county of. Coos and btate of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Device for Packing Eggs, of which the following vis a specification.

. It is the object of this invention, generally, to provide a device for packing eggs, adapted to inclose an eg closely, to exclude the air therefrom, the evice being so constructed that the egg may readily be inserted thereinto, the opening automatically closing,

. and sealing the egg within the device.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, delineated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically claimed, 1t being understood, that Within the scope of what hereinafter thus 1s claimed, divers changes in the form, proportions, size, and minor details of the structure may be made, without -departing from the spirit of the invention.

1milar numerals of reference are em-.

ployedto denote corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings, wherein,---

Figure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2 is a top p an; Fi 3 is a longitudinal section, the

- lips being 0 osed upon the'eg and Fig. 4

is a longitudinal section, the 1ps being distended, and the egg bemg partially introduced therebetween.

The invention consists of a resilient sack 1, preferably fashioned from rubber, and, in shape, approximating that of an egg. The sack 1 1s provided at. any suitab e point, preferably at one end, with an opemtgg 2, normally closed by two lips 3, a a to overlap. One of these lips 3 is provi ed adjacent its edge, with an outstanding, reinforcing rib 4, which is terminally extended upon the body of the sack 1 as denoted by the numeral5, the lips 3 and the rib 4 being through the resiliency of the lip? fashioned integrally with the body of the sack 1. I I

In practical operation, the lips 3 are separated to form an opening into the sack, and into this opening, the egg is inserted. The lips 3 are then released, whereupon they Wlll fall into overlapping relation, completely sealing the opemng 2 in the sack, an effective closure being produced, primarily,

3, this resiliency being greatly enhanced y the rib 4.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided an eg -container into which anegg may be re il inserted, the container automaticall 'c osing to house. the egg from the air t e egg, when so housed, belng capable of being preserved for a long time.

As shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and

indicated most clearly in Fi 4, the rib 4:-

Having thus described the, invention what is claimed is An egg-container consisting of a sack having an openin for the rece tion of an egg, sald openin ing normal y closed by resilient, over apping lips formed integrally with-the sack, one of said 1i s being provided, adjacent its edge wit an integral reinforcing rib terminally extendedyupon the body' of the sack to points beyond the union of the lips.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my s1gnature in the presence of two witnesses.-

RUSH o. HOLMES.

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